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Lake Township

Luzerne County

2025

Budget Message

 

 

The 2025 budget is based on anticipated revenues from the .5 mills real estate tax, a 5.00 per capita tax, a real estate transfer tax of ½ %, and a 1 % earned income tax.

 

 

Anticipated revenues also include Liquid Fuels Funds estimated at $111,418.

 

 

Anticipated expenditures include $25,164 for the non-uniform employee pension plan.  Also, a fall clean-up, $97,550 in grant acquisitions for vehicles and road projects, $8500.00 donation to be divided among five fire and ambulance companies, a $750.00 donation to the public library, $100 donation to Lake Lehman Last Knight event, and $200 donation to Patriots Cove and $200 donation to the Back Mountain Food Pantry.

 

 

The following raises have been included: Road foreman from $27.41 to $28.50, and road laborers from $25.91 to $26.95.

 

Based on the 2020 census of 1993 residents, and a total budget of $597,262,

anticipated spending amounts to approx. $299.68 per resident, per year.

 

 

Of the budget, about 12% is for General Government Administration, about 3% is for Public Safety, about 2% is for Health Services, 1% is for donations, 55% is for Roads, and 27% is for Insurance, Bonding, Employee Benefits and payroll withholdings. 

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